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John Deere X300 Reverse Override Solved!
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Posted by x300jd (My Page) on Mon, May 25, 09 at 23:17
| If you own a John Deere X300 or an X304 you might want to check out and item I found on ebay. The guy calls it a Blade Engage Keeper. I now have one and am very satisfied with it. I no longer have to re-engage my blades when mowing and it has saved time as well as wear and tear on the belt. You can find it by typing in "John Deere X300 Blade Engage Keeper" or simply typing "John Deere X300" and you can find it there. It's really cheap and works really well. It's very simple, effective and there is no modification of anything. Put it on and go. No more re-engage trouble in my backyard. |
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RE: John Deere X300 Reverse Override Solved!
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- Posted by canguy British Columbia (My Page) on
Tue, May 26, 09 at 9:49
| The lawyers could have a field day with that. |
RE: John Deere X300 Reverse Override Solved!
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| Thanks for the heads up, people are asking for a solution to this issue on here all the time. |
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| Come on, he joins and then puts this as his first post? How does that make you think it is spam? I just like that he has no idea what a powder keg this topic has been and how many people on here will completely come unglued at the thought of someone altering their equipment without lawyers present. |
RE: John Deere X300 Reverse Override Solved!
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Reminds me of the tv commercial, showing two very old and fragile folks, perched on the edge of the Grand Canyon, where the wrong push of the control might send one or both over the edge, to their doom!
OOOPPS! guess i pushed the wrong b-ut-ton! H_EE__LL__PPP! |
RE: John Deere X300 Reverse Override Solved!
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| OK, while I'm mowing easier on my John Deere, some of you can make any sort of complaint or false accusations you so please. To the guy in Canada: assuming you are of French decent, if a lawyer were to appear- you would just do as the French do: curl up in a fetal position and surrender. To the spam guy; are you nuts? This is a forum to discuss and let others know of tech-tips, discoveries and such. GET A LIFE. I enjoy mowing so much better now that I spent such a small amount of money on something that actually works and some of you act as this is some sort of offense that I did. Why would anyone care at all how I would mow? The fact of the matter specifically is the little thing I stumbled across on ebay works. I just thought others might enjoy it as well. I know I do. |
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x300jd,
Your first post on the day you join GW reminded me of a Billy Mays commercial, with just as much enthusiasm. Btw I am nuts and don't have a life. LMAO |
RE: John Deere X300 Reverse Override Solved!
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| I think I heard something about doing this burns something out in the Electric clutch.I remember some were using a cloths pin on the ealier LX and GT series and ran into problems. |
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| Assuming that someone from Canada is of French descent is about as smart as assuming that someone from Miami was born in the USA. |
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****"I enjoy mowing so much better now that I spent such a small amount of money on something that actually works and some of you act as this is some sort of offense that I did."****
Does the device come with a bunch of discount coupons ("50% off cost of one pediatric visit to the emergency room", OR "One free child embalming with purchase of child coffin") that you can transact when that curious four year old grandchild runs over from next door and you back over him/her as you enjoy mowing in reverse, thanks to the wonderful thing you discovered on ebay?? Of course, you may be that perfect human that the world has been looking for, and will never suffer to make a mistake or have a momentary lapse of attention. You are just another egocentric individual who thinks it's all about you. In the case of RIO, it's not about you, it's about the kids. If you had spent a bit more time reading some of the past postings on this subject, you would have been aware of the number of emergency room visits every year due to children being cut to pieces when their dad or neighbor backed up and ran over the unseen child. You would also have been enlightened as to why the RIO safety interlock was developed and implemented in the first place. Defeating safety interlocks is about as smart and responsible as leaving open prescription medications on the coffee table or leaving a loaded pistol on the couch when the grand kids come to visit. But, I guess that doesn't concern you (except if the bullet hits you). Oh, if you look into some of the obscure corners of ebay, you can find shirts that are printed to look like you are wearing your safety belt when you drive and thus avoid being ticketed for not wearing the safety belt. Comes in all sizes, several color combinations and configured for driver and passenger sides. I'm sure you don't wear a safety belt (based on your blatant contempt for all things safety). |
RE: John Deere X300 Reverse Override Solved!
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| Manufacturers have to design equipment for the most unsafe use they can be used for. If your use of the equipment does not necessitate holding a switch while mowing in reverse, then why should you be made to do it? Has research shown that people holding a switch placed in front of them while backing up makes them somehow more aware of what is behind you? Most on here say it becomes second nature after a short while, doesn't that alone make it a useless feature? If mowing in reverse kills so many kids then why do they allow it at all? If I mow over a kid while holding the little knob out am I somehow bulletproof to lawyers and lawsuits? This isn't like seat belts, it is more like saying if you pull out a know on the dash of your car you won't back into anything when driving in reverse. It is a ridiculous feature put there because of one accident by one idiot. My 15 year old JD LX178 has been mowing for a long time, along with millions of other mowers that don't require a knob to be pulled out to mow in reverse and how many kids have died? I have heard of one and once again it was due to an idiot in the seat (there is no special knob that can cure that). |
RE: John Deere X300 Reverse Override Solved!
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| Makes me glad I bot a Husky. I only have to turn the key back one notch after starting it and I can happily mow in reverse all day. |
RE: John Deere X300 Reverse Override Solved!
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| What metal said makes a lot of sense. If mowers were designed to NEVER mow when they were in reverse, then they might be a little safer. The very act of having the little knob or button that the user pushes when they want to mow in reverse speaks to the fact that these devices are just there to appease the lawyers. If you DON'T have to pull a knob or hold a button in to mow in reverse it makes it much EASIER to look behind you and therefor actually safer. My Cub has a two position switch. I start it, turn the key back one notch and then push a button. It then mows in reverse as long as the blades are engaged. When re-engaging the blades, the button must be pushed again. Not a problem and works well. Oh and by the way, I know about the consequences of what could happen if a child is mowed over. My daughter has a prosthetic leg, though not because of a mower accident. I'm just saying, having buttons to push to mow in reverse does NOT make the mower safer around kids. |
RE: John Deere X300 Reverse Override Solved!
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| A couple of observations: Maybe they should put the little yellow knob on the back fender. That might get you to look backwards. Johndeere, I think you are getting clothes pins mixed up with clothes hangers. Clothes hangers are what they use to attach the deck to the frame. Clothes pins are used to hold cracked tractor frames together. I have pictures! When French guys curl up in the fetal position, they are not surrendering. It means they are on vacation, again. I personally like to pull on my knob any chance I get. I love spring time. |
RE: John Deere X300 Reverse Override Solved!
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- Posted by larso1 So. CO Zone 5 (My Page) on
Wed, May 27, 09 at 23:55
| I wonder how ZTR's get away with having no RIO's. But can you imagine if they did? Would pretty well negate most of the speed advantage of having one I would think. As it is now, I'm always having to remember to engage the parking brake and put the sticks in their respective neutral spread apart "parking position" just to get it started, on top of sitting in the seat and having the electric clutch disengaged. But those things I can handle OK. Now if I had an RIO to deal with too.....wow, I'd probably need a numbered SOP to read each time I mowed. But maybe that's just me. |
RE: John Deere X300 Reverse Override Solved!
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| Do you have to hold the button up the whole time on the new ones? On mine, I just have to pull it up when I start to backup, but I don't have to hold it up the whole time I'm backing up. A bit of a pain, but I don't find it does a good job in reverse anyway and only use mine when I'm rounding corners off or trying to do a clean look going one way. I'm kind of wishing I had a ZTR actually. |
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| I'm amazed that anyone would pay for that gizmo after seeing the eBay picture. Far too easy to DIY. The background in the eBay pic is distracting enough that you buy-it-now before you realize that you did. |
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